Mike McCaul

The approach that we have taken has failed. And three nuclear tests later, I think we have to be realistic.

Well, let me thank the witnesses for your expertise and for appearing here today.

Cybercrime threatens our national security, our critical infrastructure, businesses of all sizes, and every single American.

I believe this is the third time we have introduced this. Hopefully, the third time is a charm and we will get this important legislation passed.

I have been advocating the need for a comprehensive strategy to secure the borders for the last several years

I look forward to the markup and hopefully overwhelmingly passage of the bill and signed into law by the President.

I thank the Chairman.

It is imperative as we hear reports almost every day of hackings taking place not only within the critical infrastructures but within our Federal Government.

I have worked very closely with my good friend Congressman Lipinski to bolster our Nation's cybersecurity research and development.

Whether it is criminal, whether it is espionage, or whether it cyber warfare, we cannot afford to wait any longer.

I want to thank Chairman Massie, Chairman Smith, Ranking Members Lipinski and Wilson for allowing me to introduce this bill once again.

Americans deserve better protection and the federal government can help make sensitive information more secure.

DHS needs a single strategic document which subordinate agencies can follow and make sure the strategy is effectively and efficiently implemented.

In closing, I would like to reiterate what we said at our last organizational meeting that Mr. Thompson, the Ranking Member, we look forward to working with you in a bipartisan way to accomplish our shared goal of protecting the homeland.

The United States will not accept a Palestinian Government that includes Hamas.

I am worried about the strategy of leading from behind.

I was one of a handful of Republicans to vote to support the President's position in Libya.

An emergency meeting was held and a cable sent out on August 16 by the Ambassador himself, warning what could happen. And this cable went unnoticed by your office. That is the bottom line.

I certainly hope so. I think when you have a United States Ambassador personally warning about the situation over there, sending this cable to your office.

The only thing that can stop this amazing story from continuing is politics, specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency's thinly veiled campaign to restrict access to these resources.

I walked away with a tremendous respect for what they are trying to do.

If you look at how groups evolve, particularly the FARC in Colombia, it went from being a very ideological organization until it got into the drug trade.

The problem is, is we are not moving quickly enough or treating it with the urgency I believe it deserves.

Everybody needs to know about it. I can tell you, meeting with the ambassador from Argentina was hardly a friendly experience as well. Very anti-American, was my sense.

The administrative actions are not sufficient because, let's note, Chavez has promoted people who the Treasury Department has on their list of supporters of terrorism and narco-trafficking.